『샬롯의 거미줄』에 형상화된 어린이와 동물의 세계*
Figuration of the Child and Animals in Charlotte's Web
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The first thing to make Charlotte's Web a 'good' children's book may be its denseness of texture as observed by Peter Neumeyer. Obviously the text is excellent in the author's artistry ranging from diction to sentence structure, to rhetorical and authorial stance. It is not just artistry, however, that makes Charlotte's Web great as a children's book. Charlotte's Web basically presents a phantasy world in which animals talk and behave like humans. However, it does not one-sidedly project anthropocentric perspectives on animals as many animal fables do. It is worthwhile to note that the animal phantasy harmonizes with human-leveled realism in the text. Futhermore, it portrays a significant attempt to encounter animals as living beings without elimination of 'difference.'In particular, the young protagonist's gaze on the main animal character represents the possible communion between the child and animals. The child can be understood as a kind of nature before turning into Man while the child is obviously a human being though yet young. Therefore, the child can be given the better chance to encounter living animals. Charlotte's Web encompasses not only the possibility of an encounter with animals through her gaze but also the change of young protagonist, which opens up a new interpretation of the work as a product of Man's yearning for the nature before being divided into the present state as well as a possible encounter with animals only through the child's eyes.
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The first thing to make Charlotte's Web a 'good' children's book may be its denseness of texture as observed by Peter Neumeyer. Obviously the text is excellent in the author's artistry ranging from diction to sentence structure, to rhetorical and authorial stance. It is not just artistry, however, that makes Charlotte's Web great as a children's book. Charlotte's Web basically presents a phantasy world in which animals talk and behave like humans. However, it does not one-sidedly project anthropocentric perspectives on animals as many animal fables do. It is worthwhile to note that the animal phantasy harmonizes with human-leveled realism in the text. Futhermore, it portrays a significant attempt to encounter animals as living beings without elimination of 'difference.'In particular, the young protagonist's gaze on the main animal character represents the possible communion between the child and animals. The child can be understood as a kind of nature before turning into Man while the child is obviously a human being though yet young. Therefore, the child can be given the better chance to encounter living animals. Charlotte's Web encompasses not only the possibility of an encounter with animals through her gaze but also the change of young protagonist, which opens up a new interpretation of the work as a product of Man's yearning for the nature before being divided into the present state as well as a possible encounter with animals only through the child's eyes.
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